January 13, 2026 ECOCENTRIC

Critiquing the Clean BC plan – Guy Dauncey from West Coast Climate Action Network.
Saving toads at Fish Lake – Wayne McCory, Vallahalla Wilderness Society.
Who’s afraid of AI? – Rachel Pettigrew, Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives.

LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD JANUARY 13 EPISODE HERE

Early in December the report on the government-ordered review of the Clean BC climate plan, came out. Guy Dauncey one of the founders of the West Coast C
limate Action Network did a detailed analysis of the good, the not good, and the missed completely.

Toads migrate three times a year across Hwy 31 A up at Fish Lake between New Denver and Kaslo. Biologist Wayne McCrory has worked for years with many Valhalla Wilderness Volunteers to reduce the carnage when tens of thousands toadlets cross the highway in a wondrous mass migration.

AI is apparently everywhere, and nowhere, and a doom machine and the saviour of the planet. Keep everyone guessing seems to be destabilizing. Rachel Pettigrew from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, helped do an analysis of the promising, the burdensome and the dire outlooks. Keith suggests never give a name to an AI ‘friend’.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Rising to the Moment: Final Report of the Clean BC Independent Review Panel
https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/121/2025/11/CleanBC-Independent-Review-Final-Report-November-2025.pdf

Guy Dauncey’s take on the Clean BC review

Guy Dauncey’s CleanBC Review: Which Way Forward?

BC’s Climate Change Accountability Report 2025
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/climate-change/action/cleanbc/2025_climate_change_accountability_report.pdf

Links to BC Government Plans, Reports and Programs on Climate
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/climate-change/planning-and-action#accountability

SURVEY: Kootenay Lake Forest Landscape Planning Project
There’s an important survey out looking at Timber Supply planning for the Kootenay Lake area. It’s put on by the BC Ministry of Forests along with several partners, including First Nations.
DEADLINE TO SURVEY: Feburary 13 2026

You can find the survey at PlanningInPartnership.ca and look for Kootenay Lake.
https://planninginpartnership.ca/p/6882b60e43fb68002119ded9/project-details